10 Facts About Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

Almost all of the material in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is in the form of annals, by year; the earliest are dated at 60 BC, and historical material follows up to the year in which the chronicle was written, at which point contemporary records begin.

The section containing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is preceded by King Alfred's Old English translation of Orosius's world history, followed by a menologium and some gnomic verses of the laws of the natural world and of humanity.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives dates and genealogies for Northumbrian and Mercian kings, and provides a list of Wessex bishops; these are likely to have had separate sources.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle grew out of the tradition of the Easter Tables, drawn up to help the clergy determine the dates of feasts in future years: a page consisted of a sequence of horizontal lines followed by astronomical data, with a space for short notes of events to distinguish one year from another.

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For example, between 514 and 544 the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle makes reference to Wihtgar, who is supposedly buried on the Isle of Wight at "Wihtgar's stronghold" and purportedly gave his name to the island.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's account is often similar to that of [D], though there is less attention paid to Margaret of Scotland, an identifying characteristic of [D].

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle had sources which have not been identified, and some of his statements have no earlier surviving source.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the most important source for the history of England in Anglo-Saxon times.

An important early printed edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle appeared in 1692, by Edmund Gibson, an English jurist and divine who later became Bishop of Lincoln.